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Padise Abbey

Lääne-Harju vald, Italy

Padise Abbey

Padise Abbey (Estonian: Padise klooster) was a former Cistercian monastery in Padise in Harju County, Estonia, settled in 1310 by the dispossessed monks of Dünamünde Abbey in Latvia. It was converted into a fortress after its dissolution in 1559 and later used as a country house until 1766. The ruin

s have now been partially restored and made into a museum.

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